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much “drinking from the fire hose of good stuff” (and maybe lack of sleep too)!?<\/p>\nHey Team!<\/p>\n
Clearly I am having a hard time resisting the plane metaphor so far in these blog titles…\u00a0 I think I am getting punchy from too much “drinking from the fire hose of good stuff” (and maybe lack of sleep too)!?<\/p>\n
Speaking of good stuff – I have been just SUPER IMPRESSED by the thoughtful and really intentional teaching I have seen happening over the last week plus. I have seen a BUNCH of examples of:<\/p>\n
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THREE CHEERS FOR HEIDI – SHE JUST RECEIVED A $4000 DIACK FOUNDATION GRANT!<\/strong><\/p>\n This week Heidi got confirmation that her grant application on behalf of the Fired Up team was funded – yahoo! Heidi put together a great application to fund a collection of field equipment (and other science stuff) that will enrich our 9th grade Fired Up expedition! Thanks Heidi and congrats!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CURRICULUM NIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n This Thursday we have Curriculum Night. I am asking the following teams to prep their “lessons” whenever you think you can find time together. Tuesday after school might be a good time for some?<\/p>\n Given that we HOPE to have say 75\/85families attend, and that some families will have two parents, I think we can anticipate\/hope\/plan for having 100 attendees. Given that possibility, we should be ready to have approximately 16-20 people in our Crews and then our workshops would be 50 participants each… UNLESS we split our workshops into two sessions each… this is what I recommend we do UNLESS we have a small turnout, in which case we can group up easily at “last minute”.<\/p>\n I have added some clarity to our Curriculum Night Planning Document<\/a> as well as a couple of resources that might help your planning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FIELDWORK COMING UP ON OCTOBER 25TH Here is the back end of your permission forms so you can track them.<\/p>\n 9th grade<\/a><\/p>\n 10th grade<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PUMP & STRETCH ROUND 3 One more week on this round so it looks like we need to prepare for our next three week round already and get the sign ups out into Crew by Thursday of this week!<\/p>\n Ideas from students that have come up a few times from students in the 1st 2 rounds of sign ups include: Ping Pong, Yoga, Volleyball, Dance, Juggling. We can certainly repeat all three of the existing ones as well, but offer 1 or 2 more.<\/p>\n Can I get a volunteer to organize the next round of Pump & Stretch including a reach out to staff to see what they’d like to offer?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PD MEETING TOPICS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n This coming week is actually supposed to be a “District SIW” meaning that certain teachers may be asked to go to District level meetings. As a Choice Option school Realms MS has always been a little loose on these… meaning that typically our teacher have not gone and instead have chosen\/requested to plan with our own team at school.<\/p>\n However, I am OPEN to any of you opting to go to these meetings for the purpose of networking etc.! This round it looks like MS-HS math teachers are gathering and MS-HS science teachers are gathering. Details on these District SIW meetings here<\/a>. Again, I am flexible.<\/p>\n So, here’s my plan…<\/strong> we WILL have an planning meeting at Realms HS, and it will be focused on Crew planning as scheduled, and we will likely break into two groups to tackle some thoughtful and productive planning around mapping out lessons and activities in two strands for the next 3-6 weeks: Community\/Connection and Habits of Success. If you would prefer to go to one of the District level meetings on the doc above to make connections there or because the content is compelling – that’s fine… just let me know!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENROLLMENT UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n Two possible new students starting this coming week (not before Tuesday or Wednesday though) – one 9th and one 10th. Then, the hope is that we can shut down transfers until the 2nd semester… stay tuned<\/p>\n <\/p>\n POST VISIT LETTER FROM SARAH PURDY!<\/strong><\/p>\n Yours in crew,<\/span><\/p>\n Sarah and Tony<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey Team! Clearly I am having a hard time resisting the plane metaphor so far in these blog titles…\u00a0 I think I am getting punchy from too much “drinking from the fire hose of good stuff” (and maybe lack of sleep too)!? Speaking of good stuff – I have been just SUPER IMPRESSED by the thoughtful and Continue reading Climbing to Cruising Altitude<\/span>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nDear Realms HS crew,<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nTony and I had a wonderful Tuesday at Realms last week, thanks to you.<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nDuring our visit last Tuesday, we observed:<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n
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After our visit, we are wondering how\u00a0specific character targets<\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0conversations about Expedition\/case study assessments<\/u>\u00a0can be used daily to engage students in reflecting on\u00a0why\u00a0<\/b>they are learning what they are learning.<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nTony and I will be back October 24th-26th (Tony will be with the HS one day, I will be with you all for two) so please let us know if you would like to sit down with us and support you with planning or if would like us to prepare some resources to share.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nUntil we return, check out this link to\u00a0Videos of Protocols<\/a>\u00a0to see examples of protocols in action!<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThanks again…and a shout out to Karen for those beautiful tape art murals!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n